Here Come the Savannah Bananas

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The Minnesota Twins are in a state of disarray. Ownership continues to be one of the worst in baseball, and the front office is trying to find its way out of the lost, not found, box. Nobody knows what payroll will look like in 2026, or who the team’s manager will be, for that matter.

The state of the Twins right now is disarray. And after two failed seasons, there may not be ANY sellouts on the 2026 home schedule at Target Field. But there will definitely be one sold out game there next summer, when the Twins are on the road and a different kind of baseball team takes over their home stadium.

Savannah Bananas coming to Target Field

That’s right, next summer the Savannah Bananas are coming to Target Field, the stadium’s official social channels announced on Thursday evening. And not only will they sell the Twins’ stadium out for possibly the only weekend all summer, but you’ll have to win a ticket lottery to get your seat.

The highest attended Twins game this season was July 11 against the Pittsburgh Pirates. That game featured Joe Ryan against Paul Skenes, and there was a free Nelly concert postgame. 40,000 fans was a number the team never replicated, and even Opening Day saw just 36,000 against the Houston Astros.

With how the Pohlads have treated their fanbase, and the level to which Derek Falvey continues to lie to them, the expectation that people show up in droves would be far-fetched. Next season the Twins drawing 1.6 million or less, just shy of a 200,000 drop in tickets, would hardly be shocking.

Target Field goes Bananas

If there is something fans show up for though, it’s the Savannah Bananas. The Banana Ball travelling circus has been an exciting show at multiple venues. They sold out the 81,000-seat Clemson stadium known as Death Valley, and even their secondary team, the Party Animals, were an impossible ticket at CHS Field this past summer.

On three days, August 7-9, 2026, the Savannah Bananas will take on the Loco Beach Coconuts at Target Field. Those three games will unquestionably be the most highly-attended of the season. The Bananas style is different, and it’s not traditional baseball, but it’s baseball for everyone.

Minnesota is not the only Twins marketplace to welcome the Bananas this summer either. Banana Ball is coming to Double-A Wichita in May. For either market, fans will need to enter a lottery in order to secure a ticket.

There’s no chance the Minnesota Twins could ever market their product like Savannah does, and regardless of the baseball quality, there’s no question which one is the more desirable ticket at the moment.

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